Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe – White House

A statement, spokesman Mick Mulvaney, said during a telephone investigation between US President Trump and the Ukrainian president, he never said that the House investigation was on fire.

Proponents of US President Donald Trump oppose congressional impeachment investigations outside the Capitol building in Washington, USA on October 17, 2019.
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The White House acknowledged that President Donald Trump's decision to support Ukraine's military support was related to the call for Kiev to investigate the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 US Presidential Campaign. A new explanation for the case at the heart of the impeachment investigation has changed.

The arrival of Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday denounced the president's position that Trump had not set fire to the House of Representatives during a telephone investigation with the Ukrainian president.

The sudden change in the case was an immediate fallout.

Trump's attorney drove the president away from Mulvani's account. The Justice Department said that the explanation was news to them. And as Trump saved "preferred" from Ukraine, the Democrats suggested Mulvany's remarks.

Trump, who travels to Texas, calls water bunnies "good guys" and appears to be standing next to his top aide.

Trump said, "I have a lot of confidence in him."

Pro Quad Quit

However, in the White House briefing room, Mulvani's early remarks, which rarely appeared in management officials, opened up a new phase of impeachment investigation.

He pointed out that the Quid Proquay is playing a role for military aid, but the difference with the Democrats was first emphasized in examining Trump's efforts to make Ukraine investigate the company connected with the son of Democrat rival Joe Widen.

As Trump, a rough copy of his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump asked for help in investigating security firms hired by DNC, who found that not only companies tied to Biden, but also Russian agents broke into the committee's network. did. . The stolen email was posted by WikiLeaks prior to the 2016 election.

Mulbarni told reporters that "looking back at what happened in 2016 was certainly part of what we worried about corruption with the country." But he gave the White House's most detailed explanation of its decision to withhold military support.

“Did you mention corruption in the past related to the DNC server? "So we took the money."

Trump's private lawyer Jay Sekulow made a pointed statement that distinguishes the president's legal team from Mulvaney's remarks.

"The president's legal adviser was not involved in the staff briefing for Mick Mulvaney," he said.

In a few hours, Mulny published a separate statement that his words were misinterpreted.

"There was absolutely no problem between Ukrainian military aid and the investigation into the 2016 elections," he said. "The president didn't tell him to withhold money until the Ukrainian people worked on the server."

But it can be difficult to clear what Mulbarni says as Democrats are investigating.

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"I think President Mulbarney's recognition means the situation is very bad, bad and much worse," said Adam Schiff, a Democratic Party chairman of the Intelligence Committee who leads the impeachment investigation.

Mulvaney, who has already received a subpoena for the document in the impeachment investigation, will now require investigators to deposit.

"I think they're basically coming closer to admitting a crime," said Texas spokesman Joaquin Castro. "Where he talks about politics attached to foreign policy. You're going up to the waterfront."

During a press briefing, Mulny defended Trump's request for Ukraine as part of an ongoing Ministry of Justice investigation examining the origins of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

He said Trump was one of several reasons why Trump had nearly $ 400 million in military aid to Ukraine, including the desire for European nations to increase their aid to Kiev. The funds eventually released.

One senior official in the Justice Department told them it was news if the White House had withheld aid in connection with the department's investigation.

Officials did not have the authority to discuss the situation and talk about anonymous conditions.

Ukraine's request for Trump's 2016 election survey seems to be related to the unfounded conspiracy theories about Ukraine's link to the DNC nuclear, which began to circulate almost immediately after the violation was discovered. Some spread through articles both online and in the Russian press and included references to "hidden DNC servers" that were circulated and picked up by Communists of Republican Roger Stone.

Lawmakers closed for hours with the US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Shandland.

The ambassador is a large number of witnesses who provide new and detailed concerns about Trump and Giuliani and their attempts to influence Ukraine, many of which are State Departments and foreign policy officials.

Unlike other vocational officials, it is notable to attempt independence from Trump's President of Thorndland, since he is the president's carefully appointed political appointer who contributed $ 1 million to the Trump President's Inaugural Committee.

Testimony Changing Game

Mulni said it was the president's privilege in defense of Trump's decision to lead Ukrainian policy on behalf of Giuliani.

"You may not like the fact that Juliani was involved." "It's not illegal. I can't impeach."

Mulvaney added, "The president will set foreign policy and choose who should do so unless it breaks the law."

Mulvaney complained about the mix of politics and foreign policy: “I have news for everyone. Overcome There will be a political impact on foreign policy. ”

After a few hours of testimony at a week's private hearing, Democrats said Mulbarney's entry was changing the game in an impeachment investigation.